Cue tip



Aug. 25, 1925.

J. P. TURNER CUE TIP Filed Jan. 31, 1925 John E Turner Patented Aug. 25, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JP. TURNER, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Application filed January 31, 1925. Serial No. 5,982.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN P. TURNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cue Tips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved tip for billiard cues.

The object of the invention is to provide a cue tip which may be attached to the end of a billiard cue by adhesive material, the reverse face of the cue tip being provided with recesses whereby the tip is very firmly attached and secured to the end of the billiard cue.

The invention consists in a one tip provided with a recessed reverse face whereby the same may be firmly attached to the end of any billiard one by adhesive material so that it cannot become accidentally detached therefrom, all as set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a one tip embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of a one tip illustrating a modified form of my invention.

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation taken on line 4:il': of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of another modification of my invention.

Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation taken on line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of still another modified form of my invention.

Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a rear elevation of another modification of my invention.

Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section of the front end portion of a one with a one tip embodying my invention attached thereto by adhesive material.

The drawings are made upon an enlarged scale.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, referring to Figs. 1 and 2, 10 is a cue tip formed preferably of leather and having in its reverse face 11 a plurality of concentric grooves 12.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 4:, 13 is a one tip consisting of two layers 14 and 15 joined together, the layer 14 is the front layer and the layer 15 is the rear layer of the one tip. Preferably the layer 14. is formed of a suit able quality of leather, while the layer 15 is formed of hardened felt. The reverse face of the tip 13 or of the felt layer 15 thereof is provided with a spiral groove 16.

Referring to Figs. 5 and 6, 17 is a one tip provided upon its reverse face with a plurality of parallel grooves 18.

Referring to Figs. 7 and 8, 19 is a one tip provided upon its reverse face with a plurality of grooves 20 which are intersected by a plurality of grooves 21.

In Fig. 9 22 is a one tip provided upon its reverse face with a plurality of indentations 23.

In Fig. 10 a one tip of the construction illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 is shown attached by adhesive material 24 to the front end of a one 25, the front end of the one 25 having a plane surface 26.

It has been found that by providing the cue tip of my invention with recesses in its reverse face that when it is attached to the end of a one in a manner well known to those skilled in the art, namely by moistening the reverse face of the tip and clamping it against the end of the cue, the same will be very firmly attached to the end of the one without the use of adhesive material, this being due to the tip being compressed by the clamp, and when its reverse face is moistened and the clamp released a vacuum, or a plurality of small vacuums are formed between the reverse face of the one tip and the end of the one which tends to hold the one tip on the end of the one quite firmly even though no adhesive material is employed.

In practice, however, the cue tip is first moistened with adhesive material and-then attached to the end of the one by a clamp as aforesaid until the adhesive material dries. The clamp is then removed and the tip is found to be very firmly attached to the end of the one so that it cannot become accidentally detached therefrom, even by long continued use.

I claim:

1. A billiard cue, the front end of which is a plane surface, and a one tip provided upon its reverse face with a plurality of depressions and attached to said front end by adhesive material.

2. A billiard cue, the front end of which is a plane surface, and a cue tip provided upon its reverse face With a plurality of grooves and attached to said front end by adhesive material.

3. A billiard cue, the front end of Which is a plane surface, and a one tip provided upon its reverse face with a plurality of concentric grooves and attached to said front 10 end by adhesive material.

4. A cue tip provided upon its reverse face With a plurality of narrow grooves separated from each other by a plurality of narrow ridges, the said groves extending over approximately the entire reverse face of said cue tip.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN P. TURNER. 

